Although state discoms have managed to leverage UDAY by paring financial losses from Rs.51,589.51 crore in FY16 to Rs.34,826.87 in FY17, a marginal decrease in AT&C losses seems to be the bone of contention, as what has been envisaged has not been achieved yet, barring bailing-out non-performers.

A Mechanical Engineer by qualification, Gurdeep Singh, CMD, NTPC, has over 28 years of experience in power generation sector. He started his career with NTPC and has worked at various levels in both Indian and multi-national companies such as Powergen, CLP, IDFC, CESC and AES.

Most of the large IPP's, who plan to own the assets on a long term basis are our clients in India for PV modules. Our recent orders include projects being developed by Azure Power, Adani Power, Renew, Fortum, CESC, and Bhoruka Power.

In a long awaited relief for the thermal power sector, the Cabinet has approved ‘Shakti’ (acronym Scheme to Harness and Allocate Koyla (Coal) Transparently in India), a policy which aims to auction long-term coal linkages to power companies. The move is expected to revive 30 GW of power plants awaiting fuel supply, including those of Reliance Power, Adani Power, Lanco Infratech, GMR Energy, DB Power, CESC and KSK Energy.

The scheme aiming to turn around ailing power distribution companies (discoms) in the country, Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), has been successful in ironing out some of the edges in their operation and show a direction for regaining their financial health.

IEEMA held the INTELECT 2017 & DISTRIBUELEC, one of its only kind´s exhibition cum conference, from 23rd - 25th January 2017 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, NCR-Delhi. The event is supported by the Ministry of Power, National Smart Grid Mission, with Madhya Pradesh as partner state and CESC & TPDDL as partner utilities.

IEEMA proudly announces INTELECT 2017 & DISTRIBUELEC, one of its only kind’s exhibition cum conference, to be held from 23rd – 25th January 2017 at India Expo Centre, Greater Noida, NCR-Delhi. The event is supported by the Ministry of Power, National Smart Grid Mission, with Madhya Pradesh as partner state and CESC & TPDDL as partner utilities.

We at Power Today are pleased to present the Power 20:20, the league of 20 companies and 20 people who have made a mark during 2015-16 going by various parameters, for the 8th year in a row. With the active research support of Feedback Infra Private Limited (FIPL), our Knowledge Partner, we have steered through this massive annual exercise successfully. The result is there for you to see.